drollery
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The mise en scène is sumptuously prepared with flourishes of rococo drollery.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
The drollery in “Seasons” is based on the eternal question about what can, and invariably will, go wrong next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
The result was an interview brimming with drollery and repartee, as they talked about the rumours of a Beatles reunion, the future of rock music, and life with the Wings.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023
All of which is very funny — if that kind of quirkiness and drollery is your cup of tea.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
Belle Marshall, with her drollery, was not likely to be dismayed by Wheaton's years and poverty of small talk.
From The Main Chance by Meredith Nicholson
Mencken–esque drolleries that serve nobody but their own egos.
From Time ● Sep. 21, 2011
It is notable for its drolleries of language and image, occasional descents into outright corniness and flat-footed insistence on randomness, coincidence or uninflected information as the artist’s main compositional options.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2010
Mr. Silvernail's drolleries help to relieve tension at terror stricken moments.
From Time Magazine Archive
That they somehow manage to sustain the deadpan drolleries and laugh-out-loud situations is truly remarkable.
From Time Magazine Archive
To return to the services of him of mightier renown, whose genial drolleries led to these notices.
From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by John Hill Burton
